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Word: eads (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...boil yer 'ead!" Minutes later, in class, the same two children recited Housman's poetry, and their every o was pear-shaped, every a well rounded, every h clearly aspirated. Confided the boy: "We know if we talk nice-I mean, nicely-we'll get better jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Status War | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

Equally notable is the disastrous rendition of the old music hall song Anne Boleyn ("With 'er 'ead tucked underneath 'er arm, She walks the London tower.") The Dunces have arranged the tune beyond recognition, and do not get the words across as well as they might...

Author: By Daniel Field, | Title: Do-Wah | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

...most New York drivers operate one-man buses, take tickets, give transfers and dole out change. Said London with some justice: "I cahn't see 'ow 'e can attend to 'is proper job if 'e 'as to do sums in 'is 'ead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Big Red from Charing X | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

...happen to have been a reader and subscriber to TIME since Vol. 1, No. 1, and r March 27 story on Artist Henry Koerner is the most interesting article I have ead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 17, 1950 | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

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